document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=28843>Question 28843</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what does x equal and what does y equal?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+2y=-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x-3y=2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x+2y=-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x-3y=2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+2y=-5 ----(1)  this implies x =( -5-2y) ----(*)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Using (*) in   4x-3y=2 ----(2) that is substituting for x in (2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4(-5-2y)-3y = 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-20-8y-3y =2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-20-11y = 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-20-2 = 11y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-22 = 11y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = (-22)/11=-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-2 in (*),then x = (-5-2y) = -5-2X(-2) =-5+4 = -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Answer: x = -1 and y = -2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Verification:  Putting x = -1 and y = -2  in   x+2y=-5  ----(1) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "LHS = x+2y =(-1)+2X(-2) = -1-4 = -5 =RHS<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore our values are correct. </SPAN>\n" );
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